Robert E. Salmon joined NetApp in January 1994 and was appointed executive vice president, field operations in December 2005. Mr. Salmon has served as the Companys executive vice president of worldwide sales since September 2004. From August 2003 to September 2004, Mr. Salmon served as the Companys senior vice president of worldwide sales, and from May 2000 to August 2003, Mr. Salmon served as the Companys vice president of North American sales. Prior to his tenure at NetApp Mr. Salmon spent nearly 10 years with Sun Microsystems and Data General Corporation. Mr. Salmon graduated from California State University, Chico with a BS degree in computer science.

Matthew K. Fawcett joined the Company in September 2010 as senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary. Prior to joining NetApp, from 1999 to August 2010, Mr. Fawcett served in various legal positions at JDS Uniphase Corporation, including as senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary. Prior to joining JDSU, Mr. Fawcett was counsel at Fujitsu and worked in private practice at Morrison & Foerster LLP. Fawcett holds a BA degree from the University of California at Berkeley and a JD degree from the University of California at Los Angeles.

Manish Goel was appointed the executive vice president of product operations in June 2009, overseeing all aspects of technology strategy and product engineering across the Companys product portfolio. Mr. Goel has held a variety of leadership roles in corporate development, sales, and business unit general management since he joined NetApp in 2002. Prior to NetApp, Mr. Goel led corporate and business development activities for Cadence Design Systems and Copper Mountain Networks. Prior to that, he spent four years as a strategy consultant for McKinsey and Co. and six years as a systems software engineer. Mr. Goel holds a BS degree in electrical engineering from IIT Chennai and an MBA degree in finance from the Wharton School of Business.

w Kryder is the Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary of the Company. He was promoted to Senior Vice President Tax and General Counsel in June 2006. Mr. Kryder joined NetApp in August 2000 as Vice President, Legal and Tax and General Counsel. He has served as the Companys Secretary since 2001. Prior to joining NetApp, he served as General Counsel and Vice President, Tax with Quantum Corporation, headquartered in Santa Clara, California, from November 1990 to August 2000 and was a tax partner and staff accountant with Ernst & Young from June 1977 to November 1990. Mr. Kryder currently serves on the board of JW house, a charitable organization. Mr. Kryder received his Juris Doctorate and Masters of Business Administration from Santa Clara University in 1977 and his B.S. degree in business administration also from Santa Clara University in 1974.

THOMAS GEORGENS has been the Companys President and Chief Executive Officer since August 2009. From February 2008 to August 2009, Mr. Georgens served as our President and Chief Operating Officer and was responsible for all product operations and field operations worldwide. Mr. Georgens has also been a member of our Board of Directors since March 2008. Mr. Georgens joined NetApp in October 2005 as Executive Vice President and General Manager of Enterprise Storage Systems and was named Executive Vice President of Product Operations where he served in that role from January 2007 to February 2008.Before joining the Company, Mr. Georgens spent nine years at Engenio, a former subsidiary of LSI Corporation, the last two years as Chief Executive Officer. He has also served in various other positions, including President of LSI Corporation Storage Systems and Executive Vice President of LSI Logic Storage Systems. Prior to Engenio, Mr. Georgens spent 11 years at EMC Corporation in a variety of engineering and marketing positions. Mr. Georgens holds a B.S. degree and an M.E. degree in computer and systems engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as well as an M.B.A. degree from Babson College.

Steven J. Gomo joined NetApp in August 2002 as senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer. He was appointed executive vice president of finance and chief financial officer in October 2004. Prior to joining the Company, he served as chief financial officer for Gemplus International S.A., headquartered in Luxembourg from November 2000 to April 2002 and as chief financial officer of Silicon Graphics, Inc., from February 1998 to August 2000. Prior to February 1998, he worked at Hewlett-Packard Company for 24 years in various positions, including financial management, corporate finance, general management, and manufacturing. Mr. Gomo currently serves on the board of SanDisk Corporation and Enphase Energy. Mr. Gomo holds an MBA degree from Santa Clara University and a BS degree in business administration from Oregon State University. On August 17, 2011, NetApp, Inc. announced that Steven J. Gomo, the Companys Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer will be retiring from the Company on December 31, 2011, and that it expects to appoint Nicholas R. Noviello, Senior Vice President, Finance and Global Controller, as Chief Financial Officer effective January 1, 2012.